#like i'd say thane but uh yeah

[annalyia]

If you could take one squadmate from mass effect 2 and make them one in 3 who would it be and why?

probably grunt? the lack of a krogan squadmate in me3 is an actual crime tbh!!!!! there's definitely an argument for any of the squadmates (including the ones who are, uh, easy to kill or canonically die in me3), but i'd still probably say grunt. need me that good good krogan baby boy

[roguemonsterfucker]

Curious, if you have an answer, kind of an odd question, why yaujta? What about them attracts you to them?

No fucking clue

Well, I mean... I have some ideas of why my brain latched onto them, but really it was just my silly head meat going 'ah yes, new special interest time!' and I didn't have much say in it.

If I had to pin down some traits that attracted me to them, I'd say it's their code. Not killing innocents. Children, the weak, the elderly... That's hot, honestly. A super powerful killing machine that is careful not to kill innocents? Sexy as hell.

And of course there was AvP, where Lex and Scar teamed up which is like... my favorite trope! Enemies teaming up to fight a bigger threat! Fuck yeah! The enemy of my enemy is my new husband friend.

It's so weird, though, because I watched Alien, Predator, and then Alien vs. Predator earlier in 2021, thought Scar and Lex were hot, and moved on with my life. i didn't give yautja much though other than uh... I had a yautja ASMR I listened to in order to fall asleep because their sounds are so lovely. 🥺 But I didn't really give yautja much thought. I didn't even know they were called yautja then.

Then a few months ago, I decided to watch the rest of the Predator movies and started seeing yautja OCs on tumblr and I don't know... something switched in my brain and suddenly I was in love with yautja and started brainstorming my own yautja OC.

Normally I'm not a fan of aliens. Sci fi isn't my thing. The only alien I ever liked before was Thane from Mass Effect, who was the whole reason I played the game, but I didn't even like him all that much compared to more fantasy type characters, like Fenris from Dragon Age (my husband whom I love). I'm more into werewolves and vampires than aliens, but for some reason my brain latched on to yautja.

I blame the autism lol.

Hope that gives you some insight into my yautja obsession lol. My apologies to everyone that followed me pre-yautja.

[spookyvalentine]

Kasumi, Thane, Shiala for the character ask meme

OHHHHHHHHH i do be too in love

FIRST IMPRESSION

K: a THIEF??? you give me HEIST??? i studied art history in college, and got very focused on art crime and museum security and made several professors quite anxious, so the first time I played 2 and recruited her, she immediately soared to the top of my fave list

T: oh ho oh HO tiddy window. he is... ooh. him pretty. then he talked. HE'S HOT!!!! uh oh weren't you gonna romance garrus?

S: when she feel out of the thorian i was like wat. i am getting my ass kicked by a plant booger. why are you HERE. WHO ARE YOU

IMPRESSION NOW

K: i will die for you. i wanted to see more of her in 3. i wanted to heist the casino with her. extremely in love, forever and always, and if i wanted to punish myself and make another shepard it'd be to romance her

T: shattered. one of the most deeply romantic LIs out there imo. watching him come alive again. unrecoverable. i'll forever love him. also hes hot as fuck lemme lick him. he didn't die, he blasted kai leng in the face the second he leveled his pistol. i will also go to my grave foaming at the mouth what they did to him

S: wife. omg please benchpress me. the first time i played and had that conversation post-thorian and its like oh. you're badass as fuck. a commando and studied for centuries w benezia? AND THEN SHE FLIRTS W YOU IN 2 AND THERE IS NO OPTION FOR FOLLOW UP???? i thought about that scene all the time. and with the next couple playthroughs, every time i got to see her i was like. oh no youre even prettier. oh no you're even cooler. and now its just terminal brainrot. god i wish we couldve recruited her/romanced her. that would have been mad dope. thank god i am sometimes capable of writing fic

FAVORITE MOMENT

K: ohhhh a toughie. it feels like a cop out to say all of them, but her VA does such a damn good job bringing so much personality into her lines so like even going and checking in on her between missions was a delight to hear her comment on squadmates. that heist was so good tho. hoot every time she jumps on the jet and gives hock that jaunty wave. WHAT A BABE!!! i also love when she goes HAha while in combat

T: when he finally talks about irikah and kolyat. it felt so special and intimate to learn about them. and when he cries before kissing shepard. yes.

S: when shE FLIRTS IN 2 OASIFHLJISUDH but seriously when shes free of the thorian and says she wants to help the colony in recompense. that. meant a lot to me. also i watched the renegade version on yt and the fact that she'll just. let shepard kill her without a fight.... that...... ow

IDEA FOR A STORY

K: well. i've got several fics in the works for her w mercy shepard

- new orleans heist

- vinny (the first man kasumi kills)

- ANDERSON NEVER ARRESTS MERCY AU: CRIMELORD MERCY SHEPARD where kasumi is their right hand, and eventually they end up on the trail of saren. alternate recruitment of squadmates >:)

T: i've got a google doc titled cleaning supplies which um. has been the filth i've been posting in chunks. the other fic for him that i just have a barebones bit is hurt/comfort after mercy visits alchera, beginnings of a romance between them. and of course, sports coach au that i will absolutely start actively writing once i've gotten a couple more "essential" mercy fics done

S: i am working on stellan and shiala's first in-person date after the war, inspired by you, the powerful @yellingaboutmasseffect, where they do the floating howl/sophie walk. and then i like to play around with a full-on howl's moving castle shepala au, that i'd probably post scenes from, rather than any sort of longfic. and im still writing very married sleepy fucking. um. yeah. that's almost complete

UNPOPULAR OPINION

K: i will never regret she's there because she makes my life worthwhile, but why was kasumi recruited in the first place?? she's a thief, not a murder powerhouse

T: can't be considered a dilf til kolyat forgives him and even then, hun, you've got a lot of work to do for your kid (which, he does, of course. but it can't be ignored that thane just. abandoned his child)

S: i think she would've made a more fun companion than liara

FAVORITE RELATIONSHIP

(ignoring shepard)

K: i thought the one she had with the spectre jondam bau was fun. i'd write them going on an interrupted heist-turned-date. or a slow burn enemies to lovers thing. if i had time. i also love that kasumi and samara hang out, referenced in 2

T: thane/irikah, of course! what a powerful couple.

S: i would love to read about shiala studying under benezia, and then the curdling relationship has soverign's indoctrination worms between them. to her being sacrificed to the thorian. and then her learning the death of her teacher. like. there's a lot there and it hurts my feelings when i think about it. love that for me :)

FAVORITE HEADCANON

K: her grandmama. i have her as a badass cat burglar that raised kasumi as not only a beloved grandchild, but also her protege. powerful woman. also cared for mercy, but she dies when kasumi is seventeen

T: that he's got a dick like a vodka tampon

S: she's absolutely ripped. i know it. you know it. we all know it. i like the idea that she's both beefy and intellectual. and in my shepala-rotted brain, she's got a real talent for growing flowers :')